44 year old minister and leader of the house was sole nominee for leading spot in Labour Party s caucus meeting, following Jacinda Ardern s shock resignation.
WELLINGTON (AFP) – From Colombia to Sweden, applicants are lining up for what has been touted as a dream job in the ruggedly beautiful New Zealand wilderness watching over a shy flightless bird. The job, like the bird, hardly got off the ground when it was first advertised by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation last […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – A tiny mountain-dwelling wren was the surprise winner yesterday of New Zealand’s controversial bird of the year competition, which even had Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a flap. The piwauwau rock wren punched above its 20-gramme weight, flying under the radar to win the annual contest ahead of popular fellow native contenders, […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – New Zealand on Tuesday unveiled plans to tax the greenhouse gas emissions from farm animals, in a controversial proposal designed to tackle climate change. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the levy would be the first of its kind in the world. Gases naturally emitted by New Zealand’s 6.2 million cows are among […]
WELLINGTON (XINHUA) – There have been two mass strandings of pilot whales on New Zealand’s Chatham Islands in the past two days, according to Project Jonah New Zealand, an organisation for whales and dolphins’ protection and rescue. “Sadly, there has been a second mass stranding of pilot whales on the Chatham Islands, this time on […]